On this episode of the Playbook, I have Rick Necchio,

co-founder of Necchio and Novak, former executive for 20 years of Anheuser

Bush, and we're going to talk about how coincidences and touches of

favor can change your life. Join me for all of this and more on the

Playbook.

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week, I bring you some of the

greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their

personal and professional playbook to success, and what made them

champions on the field and in the boardroom. I'm your host, David Meltzer.

This Dave Meltzer with Entrepreneurs the Playbook. I am so excited. I have

a killer entrepreneur, Rick Necchio. He is and has started the co-founder

of Necchio Novak, but he was a formal executive with Anheuser Bush. What a

transition we're going to talk about today. Welcome Rick to the Playbook.

Thank you so much, David. Thank you for having me. Excited to be here.

You know, there are no overnight successes, and I start off a lot of my

speeches around the world saying, you know, I grew up with nothing. And, you

know, if I had a basement when I grew up, you know, your basement had a

basement. I thought I grew up with nothing with a single mom and six kids

packing my dinner in a paper bag. You yourself were born outside of the

United States. And yet, you know, nobody's an overnight success.

You all have to come from somewhere. I would love for you to share with us the

story about where you came from. And then we'll talk about how you got to where

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